antenat

Maltese

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian antenato, from Latin antenatus (literally “born before”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /an.tɛˈnaːt/

• Audio (Gozo):

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• Rhymes: -aːt

Noun

antenat m (plural antenati, feminine antenata)

1. forefather, ancestor

   Synonym: (chiefly plural) missier

Related terms

• anzjan
• anzjanità

Polish

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *h₂ent-

Proto-Indo-European *-s

Proto-Indo-European *h₂énts

Proto-Indo-European *-i

Proto-Indo-European *h₂énti

Proto-Italic *anti

Latin ante

Latin ante-

Proto-Indo-European *ǵenh₁-

Proto-Indo-European *-tós

Proto-Indo-European *ǵn̥h₁tós

Proto-Italic *gnātos

Latin gnātus

Latin nātus

Latin antenātuslbor.

Polish antenat

Learned borrowing from Latin antenātus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /anˈtɛ.nat/

• Audio:

  (file)

• Rhymes: -ɛnat
• Syllabification: an‧te‧nat

Noun

antenat m pers (female equivalent antenatka, related adjective antenacki)

1. (literary) ancestor, forefather

   Synonyms: ascendent, przodek, wstępny

   Antonyms: descendent, potomek, zstępny

Declension

Declension of antenat

	singular	plural
nominative	antenat	antenaci/antenaty (deprecative)
genitive	antenata	antenatów
dative	antenatowi	antenatom
accusative	antenata	antenatów
instrumental	antenatem	antenatami
locative	antenacie	antenatach
vocative	antenacie	antenaci

Further reading

• “antenat”, in Wielki słownik języka polskiego‎^[1] (in Polish), Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• “antenat”, in Polish dictionaries at PWN‎^[2] (in Polish)